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Video Game Time Machine: E3 1995: The inaugural show
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MrCunningham
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It had something to do with a trademark dispute in the United States. Nintendo wanted the N64 to follow a single unified branding for all regions so they could move away from things like: Super Famicom/ Super Nintendo. Since they couldn't get "Ultra 64" they just dropped the "Ultra" out of the title and re-branded it to the N64 globally.
Apparition
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aparisi2274
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Thinking back, I can see why a lot of companies may not have had new software to show. You have to understand that back then, they showed all their stuff at CES (there used to be two, a winter one in Vegas and a summer one in Chicago) and with E3 95 happening just five months after winter CES, there wasn't much to show that press and retail hadn't already seen at CES.
Hoya Destroyer
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That Killer Instinct song is kind of catchy.
MrCunningham
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Typo. But yeah, they were two different developers back in 1995.
Gotta love the CG KI characters busting dance moves within the multi- CRT setups in the background. I wonder if they were real time or pre-recorded? Nintendo used to bring SGI workstations to CES to showcase of real-time demos.
Plumpbiscuit
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Damn.. this is a piece of history right here, so many suits lol
Definitely watching this later, thanks OP.
Definitely watching this later, thanks OP.
perfectchaos007
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aparisi2274
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Yeah, I still laugh when Howard Lincoln says that gamers are going to eat it up, especially at the attractive price point of $179.95
aparisi2274
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The video is gaining traction... Venture Beat just ran a quick story about it.
Watch how Nintendo, Sony, & Sega open E3 1995
Watch how Nintendo, Sony, & Sega open E3 1995
isaacnukem
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I love this Sega speaker haha. People still use the same argument against PC even after all these years.
MrCunningham
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24K views! Not bad, man!
It really is a fantastic video though, and contains some interesting rarities that are hard to find media on. Like some of these prototypes that never made it out to market. This is the first E3, and to be honest there really isn't much footage from the showroom floors on youtube.
Here's a1:55:24 video that also has a lot of footage from E3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fC9ZJWHFjhc&t=1510s
But it mostly covers The Atari Jaguar, Atari Lynx and Atari VR helmet. The most interesting part of this video is the Atari Jaguar VR helmet: https://youtu.be/fC9ZJWHFjhc?t=724
It was honestly really advanced for 1995. But still lacked due to technical limitations.
isaacnukem
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Sega keynote ended with the infamous Saturn "It's Out There" announcement. I wonder if any of the big three will pull that off, and if they did, what kind of pandemonium would ensue.
So the Sony keynote opened up with an amazing trailer. That was awesome, and made the whole Sega keynote look like a business meeting.
So the Sony keynote opened up with an amazing trailer. That was awesome, and made the whole Sega keynote look like a business meeting.